Tag



April 13, 1937.

THACKERAY ET AL TAG Filed Jan. 4,

Patented Apr. 13, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TAG Sylvania Application January 4, 1936, Serial No. 57,585 Claims. (Cl. Ll0--20) This invention relates to tags of the character employed for labeling textile goods and fabrics. These tags should be readily attachable and detachable to and from the fabric, must be free 5- from any tendency to mutilate the fabric, and at the same time be capable of gripping the fabric with sufcient firmness to insure against accidental dislodgment.

' A principal object of the invention, therefore,

is to provide an improved tag possessing in marked degree all of the above characteristics, and which is further characterized by extreme simplicity of form and cheapness of manufacture.

In the attached drawing:

Figure l is a View in perspective of a tag constituting a preferred embodiment of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective illustrating the manner in which the tag is attached to the fabric, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are views in perspective illustrating respectively modifications within the scope of our invention.

With reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing,

the tag therein illustrated consists of a at piece I of cardboard of adequate stiffness and flexibility containing three apertures, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, in triangular arrangement. From opposite sides of the aperture 4 the material of the tag is severed along lines 5 and 6, and from the outer terminal ends of these incisions slits 1 and 8 extend to the apertures 2 and 3 respectively. The incisions 5, 6, I and 8 thus define three sides of a tab 9, which tab is joined to the body of the tag along a line I0 extending between the apertures 2 and 3.

The manner in which this tag is applied to a textile fabric is illustrated in Fig. 2. In attaching the tag, the tab 9 is displaced rearwardly from the face of the tag and one edge of the fabric is inserted between the rear face of the tag and the tab 9 so that the edge of the fabric extends through the apertures 2 and 3 and across the front face of the tag. The tab 9 is then pressed forwardly past its normal position in the plane of the tag as illustrated, so that lin effect the fabric is snubbed between/the edges of the tab and the body of the tag. In this snubbing action, the corners of the tab 9 at the junctures of the slits 5 and 'I and 6 and 8 play an important part, as also does the angle formed on the tag between the incisions 'I and 8 and the edges of the apertures 2 and 3. The apertures 2, 3 and 4 provide ample clearance for the puck- 55 ered portions of the fabric.

We have found that a tag made and applied to a fabric as described above will grip the fabric with sulcient firmness to withstand any normal strain tending to separate the tag from the fabric, and that when properly attached will retain its position on the fabric indefinitely and without damage to the latter. At the same time, the tag may be readily removed by the simple process of forcing the tab 9 rearwardly through and away from the normal plane of the tag.

While the dimensions of the apertures 2, 3 and 4 and of the tab 9 may vary without departure from the invention, we have found that for general purposes apertures of about one` eighth of an inch in a relative arrangement affording the tab 9 an outer end measurement through the aperture 4 of approximately onefourth of an inch, a base measurement between the apertures 2 and 3 of approximately fivesixteenths of an inch, and a depth of approximately one-fourth of an inch, will be found suitable.

In the embodiment of our invention shown in Fig. 3, the body I I of the tag is provided with two apertures, I2 and I3 respectively, from which extend two intersecting slits I4 and I5, the tab I 6 being in this case triangular in form. It will be noted that the slits I4 and I5 are extended beyond the point of their intersection. The manner of applying this tag to the fabric is similar to that described above. The sharp angular corner at the outer end of the tab I6 combined with the flexible triangular supplemental tabs I1, I8 and I9 formed between the outer portions of the slits I4 and I 5, which to 'a degree fill the function of the aperture 4 in the previously described embodiment, affords a firm snubbing of the fabric precluding accidental dislodgment of the tag under all normal conditions.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 4 corresponds to some extent with the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, with the exception that in this instance the slits 20 and 2| which converge towards each other from the apertures 22 and 23 and which define the free edges of the substantially triangular tab 24 terminate in a third aperture 25. It will be noted that in this case also the tab 24 is afforded well defined angular corners at both the outer and inner ends thereof which function as described above to effect a highly efficient snubb-ing of the fabric towhich the tag is applied.

We claim:

1. A tag comprising a body of flat sheet material, said body having therein three apertures arranged in triangular formation and a plurality of slits defining the free edges of a tab joined to said body along a line between two of said apertures, one of said slits intersecting the aperture at the apex of said triangle, and others of said slits extending from the other apertures and meeting the slit rst named at an angle to the latter and on opposite sides of the said apex aperture respectively. A

2. A tag comprising a body of fiat sheet material, said body having therein three apertures arranged in triangular formation and a plurality of slits defining the free edges of a tab joined to said body along a line between the two of said apertures forming the base of said triangle, two of said slits extending convergently from the last-named apertures respectively, and a third slit intersecting the aperture at the apex of said triangle and joining at angles the slits first named.

3. A tag comprising a body of fiat sheet material, said body having therein three apertures arranged in triangular formation and a plurality of slits defining the free edges of a tab joined to said body along a line between the two of said apertures forming the base of said triangle, and said slits extending convergently from the lastnamed apertures respectively and terminating in' the aperture at the apex of said triangle, said tag being adapted for interlocked attachment to a textile fabric by inserting an edge of the fabric between the body of the tag and said tab, and

by thereafter forcing the tab and confined fabric through to the opposite face of the tag, the aperture at the outer free end of the tab being of a size to accommodate the extra mass of material hunched at the outer end of the tab when the latter is forced into the interlocked position.

Il. A tag comprising a body of at sheet material, said body having a pair of spaced apertures and intersecting slits extending convergently from said apertures respectively and beyond the point of intersection, said slits defining a tab of triangular form joined to said body on a line extending between said apertures.

5. A tag comprising a body of iiat sheet material, said body having spaced apertures and being slit from said apertures to form a tab joined to the said body in the area between the apertures, said slit having components which extend convergently from said apertures respectively and which define the side edges of said tab, the shape of said tab being thereby of the character of a wedge, said tag being adapted for interlocked attachment to a textile fabric by inserting an edge of the fabric between the body of the tag and said tab, and by thereafter forcing the tab and confined fabric through to the opposite face of the tag, and means at the outer free end of the tab for providing in the tag space for accommodation of the extra mass of material bunched at the outer end of the tab when the latter is forced into the interlocked position.

SAMUEL J. THACKERAY. GEORGE W. HENRY, JR. 

